17. No person shall operate, maintain, or use a branch mortuary within this State unless it is under the actual personal supervision, direction, management and actual control of a person who is duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary and embalming science.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 45:7-65.2
Branch mortuaries
Known as the Mortuary Science Act
The act spans §§ 45:7-32 to 45:7-95 (57 sections).
L.1960, c. 184, p. 772, s. 17; amended 2025, c.52, s.15.
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